tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post3800670909269419683..comments2023-11-05T03:55:46.013-06:00Comments on Building Minnesota: toddmelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083865983834066354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-75990444873398812762007-08-13T20:07:00.000-05:002007-08-13T20:07:00.000-05:00Currently there are eleven redevelopment proposals...Currently there are eleven redevelopment proposals before Hennepin County. Some make use of the existing buildings, but many of the plans treat the buildings as an annoying afterthought that needs to be worked around. Some want condos, one proposes a race track, and others class space and museums.<BR/><BR/>I've created a web site to help promote interest in the upper post. Public outcry helped save the lower post from highway expansion in the 1950s. With a little publicity, perhaps we can save the few buildings that are left.<BR/><BR/>If you want to read the redevelopment proposals for yourself or look at pictures of the buildings (historical and recent), visit the web site below. I'll be at the preservation conference this October and maybe some good ideas will come out of it.<BR/><BR/>-Todd<BR/>www.upperpost.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-7095601896998163802007-06-14T13:13:00.000-05:002007-06-14T13:13:00.000-05:00Preserving the buildings at the fort should be a p...Preserving the buildings at the fort should be a priority. Even if we don't see the short-term value, the long term value is huge.Ed Kohlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974241571519355684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28665449.post-35176192349888944332007-06-13T10:47:00.000-05:002007-06-13T10:47:00.000-05:00The first white settlement was at Fort Snelling......The first white settlement was at Fort Snelling...long before Minnesota became a state...<BR/><BR/>What can be done with the buildings<BR/>that would preserve their historic<BR/>integrity while converting them to<BR/>a 21st century use?<BR/><BR/>The park board tried and failed to <BR/>work with someone who wanted a sports facility there...the results<BR/>were a $900,000 lawsuit.<BR/><BR/>One of the field sessions for the National Trust's preservation conference will be held at Fort Snelling in October. Maybe all<BR/>the experts will find a solution.<BR/><BR/>Till then any ideas for saving the buildings other than knocking them<BR/>down and replacing them with condos?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com